With 5,179 participants followed for a median of three and a half years, this was the largest trial to address the effect of opening blocked arteries in nonemergency situations and the first to include today’s powerful drug regimens. https://t.co/OYgjkwRBby
— NYT Health (@NYTHealth) November 17, 2019
Health: Modern
P. gingivalis and Alzheimer’s Disease
P. gingivalis, a bacteria that commonly causes gum infections, has been linked to Alzheimer's. https://t.co/JOEW7qQ3Ay
— Discover Magazine (@DiscoverMag) September 2, 2019
More On Deaths Caused by Mainstream Healthcare
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1151622880175652865
And a rebuttal:
https://twitter.com/BenMazer/status/1149329073598074883
Moderate Sodium with High Potassium For The Win?
Our new #PURE paper just out in BMJ: 1) Virtually nobody meets the simultaneous target of low sodium (<2 g/d) with high potassium (>3.5 g/d); 2) Combined MODERATE sodium (3-5 g/d) with HIGH potassium intake is assoc w the LOWEST risk of mortality & CVD. https://t.co/WcfklDEunq
— Andrew Mente, PhD (@andrewmente) March 16, 2019
On Medical Conservatism
Conmpelling Case For Medical Conservatism:
"BMJ reviewed 3000 treatments & found that 1/2 were of unknown effectiveness & only 11% were clearly beneficial."Great manifesto with common sense advice from @drjohnm @VPrasadMDMPH@adamcifuhttps://t.co/64BhHDOuz5
— Allen Frances (@AllenFrancesMD) March 14, 2019
Psychiatry
"despite billions of dollars in research funding, and thousands of journal articles, biological psychiatry has given doctors and patients little of practical value never mind a cause or a cure" https://t.co/qRls5cDwyz
— Joanna Moncrieff (@joannamoncrieff) December 6, 2018
On Modern Medicine
This is so well summarised – there is a clear need within the health system to focus on deprescribing particularly with chronic conditions @DrAseemMalhotra @Deprescribing @PJOnline_News @rpharms @UKCPA https://t.co/7ib7Bncjlx
— Neetu Bansal (@PharmNeetu) November 30, 2018
C. diff Now More Common Outside of the Hospital
Dangerous Infection C. diff Tied To Hospitals Now Becoming Common Outside Them https://t.co/bMMoSofTqg via @NPR
— Ash Paul (@pash22) November 25, 2018
On CAC Scans
This is the first time I have heard of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scans. It is being proposed that the CAC scan test results are very significant and predictive.